Colton's Traveler and Tourist's Guide-Book Through the United States of America and the Canadas (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: J. H. Colton
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ISBN: 9781330784396
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 286

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Excerpt from Colton's Traveler and Tourist's Guide-Book Through the United States of America and the Canadas The United States, now comprising 31 states and several territorial appendages, occupies by far the most valuable and temperate portion of North America. Confined originally to the shores of the Atlantic ocean, this great confederacy of republics has extended its empire over the whole region spreading westward to the Pacific, and from the great lakes on the north to the Gulf of Mexico on the south. In breadth it measures 2,800 miles, and in depth 1,700 miles, with an area of 3,221,595 square miles. The frontier line is estimated at 10,000 miles - 5,120 miles of which are sea coast, and about 1,400 miles lake coast. The colonies planted by England at Jamestown in 1607, and in New England a few years later, formed the nucleus of these states. The French, Dutch, Swedes, &c., also planted colonies, but these were at an early period relinquished to the British, and at the period of the Revolution the whole country east of the Mississippi river, and as far south as Florida and Louisiana, belonged to that nation. The oppressions of the mother-country now produced a resistance, and ultimately resulted in the formation of the United States, and the acknowledgment of their independence. At this period the United States consisted only of thirteen constituents. Louisiana, including all the territory between the Mississippi river and the Rocky Mountains; Florida; Oregon; Texas; New Mexico, arid California are acquisitions of the present century. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.